Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

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…… Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive
if you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.
(Act 1, Scene 5)

In the last line, the word ‘copy’ alludes to a

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…… Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive
if you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.
(Act 1, Scene 5)

The underlined expression is a

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…… Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive
if you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.
(Act 1, Scene 5)

What has prompted the speech?

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…… Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive
if you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.
(Act 1, Scene 5)

Where are they?

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…… Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive
if you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.
(Act 1, Scene 5)

Who is speaking and to whom?

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

The lines mean that the speaker

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hert,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

The image is itself based on

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hert,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

In lines 3 to 5 the dominant image is taken from

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hert,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

The effect of the figure of speech is to highlight Olivia’s

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hert,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

The figure of speech used in the underlined expression is

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……O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a heart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

Who is speaking?

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I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
‘What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)

How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?

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I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
‘What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)

In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits

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I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
‘What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)

What has the speaker just done?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on ‘t;
There’s something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)

The person being referred to in the figure of speech is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on ‘t;
There’s something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)

The ”Headstrong potent fault” is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on ‘t;
There’s something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)

This person has

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on ‘t;
There’s something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)

The figure of speech used in ” a heart of stone” is

Read the prose passage and answer the question:

Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho’s eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family.
Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ‘ Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. ‘To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.

The expression ” a glimmer of light” stands for

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Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho’s eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family.
Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ‘ Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. ‘To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.

What does the expression ”Instrument of thy light and peace” tell us about the speaker?

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Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho’s eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family.
Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ‘ Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. ‘To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.

The theme of the extract is the